IAPMO’s Pete DeMarco Appointed Co-Chair of ANSI Energy Efficiency Standardization Working Group

Washington — Pete DeMarco, IAPMO 
senior
 director
 of 
Special
Programs, 
has 
been 
appointed 
as
 one 
of 
eight
 working 
group 
co-chairs
 on
 the
 American
 National
 Standards
 Institute’s
(ANSI)
 Energy 
Efficiency 
Standardization
 Coordination 
Collaborative
 (EESCC).
 DeMarco
 will
 join 
Stephanie 
Reiniche,
 ASHRAE
 manager
 of 
Standards,
 as
co-chairs 
of
 Working
 Group
 No.
1 
(WG1):
 Building
 energy 
and 
water 
assessment
 standards 
(including 
diagnostic 
test
 procedures 
and 
health
 and 
safety 
testing).
 The
 EESCC 
seeks 
to 
increase 
awareness, 
adoption,
 and 
implementation
 of
 standards,
 codes, and 
conformance
 activities 
among 
policy
makers 
and 
the
 market. Each
 of 
five 
working 
groups 
is
 chaired
 or 
co-chaired 
by 
a 
recognized 
expert(s) 
in
 the 
field 
specific
 to 
that
 group’s 
purpose.
These groups 
will
 develop
 a 
roadmap 
intended 
to
 identify
 what 
standards,
 codes
 and 
conformance 
solutions 
are
 available, 
where
 gaps 
may 
exist,
 and 
what
 additional 
standardization 
activities
 can 
be 
implemented 
to 
advance 
energy 
efficiency 
in 
the 
United
 States.

In
 addition
 to
 DeMarco
 and 
Reiniche, 
the 
following 
individuals 
will
 lead 
four
 other 
working 
groups 
as 
follows:


WG2:
 Systems
 integration
 and 
communications

•
Henry
Green,
 president,
 National 
Institute 
of 
Building
 Sciences
(NIBS)


WG3:
 Building 
energy 
modeling,
 rating, 
and 
labeling

•
Wayne 
Stoppelmoor,
 Industry 
Standards 
manager,
 Energy 
Efficiency,
 Schneider
 Electric


WG4:
Evaluation,
 measurement,
 and
 verification

•
Kevin 
Cooney, 
managing 
director,
 Navigant
 Consulting

•
William 
C.
 Miller,
 Ph.D., 
program
 manager
 and
 senior 
advisor, 
Lawrence 
Berkeley 
National 
Laboratory 


WG5:
 Workforce 
credentialing

•
Christine 
Niero,
 Ph.D.,
 vice
 president,
 Professional
 Testing

•
Jane
 Weissman,
 executive 
director,
 International 
Renewable Energy
 Council 
(IREC)


EESCC
 working
 group s
will 
assess 
standards 
needs
 and 
lay 
the 
groundwork 
for 
their 
portion 
of
 the 
standardization 
roadmap. 
Each 
working
 group 
will 
then 
convene 
in 
person 
in
 January 
for 
a 
full 
plenary
 meeting. 
For 
more 
information 
and/or 
to 
volunteer 
to
 participate
 on 
any 
of 
 the 
working 
groups, 
visit 
www.ansi.org/eescc
 or 
email
 eescc@ansi.org.